The ancient precursor to Halloween, Samhain commemorates the end of the harvest and the onset of the "dark half" of the year. Donna Grace/NYPOST As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us, “Nothing ...

Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic ...

Samhain is the ancient Irish festival that became Halloween as we know it. It's because of these Irish roots that we have plenty of Halloween-worthy Irish legends and myths. The Celts believed the ...

Halloween has been a controversial festival in the British calendar ever since Christianity was introduced to Britain. Here we look at both sides of the argument and find out what Samhain is really ...

Athens, Tennessee, Archdruid Angela Wilson says the Christians opposed to what she calls the first-ever public druid Samhain ritual on U.S. soil set for Saturday afternoon don't understand her ...

More Americans are Wiccan, and will celebrate Samhain not Halloween Saturday. Oct. 30, 2009— -- Patti Wigington is a soccer mom. She is the vice president of her local PTA. And she's a witch.

LAS CRUCES - The annual Pagan Pride Day returns to Las Cruces’ Pioneer Women’s Park Saturday, Oct. 30 as part of an international effort to educate and bring awareness to pagan beliefs. Pagan ...